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Infamously

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in·fa·mous  (nf-ms)
adj.
1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious.
2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed.
3. Law
a. Punishable by severe measures, such as death, long imprisonment, or loss of civil rights.
b. Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries such a punishment.
[Middle English infamis, from Latin nfmis : in-, not; see in-1 + fma, renown, fame; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots.]
infa·mous·ly adv.
infa·mous·ness n.
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They will not have much cause of triumph when they see how infamously I act.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
I have been infamously treated by one woman; and my wounded self-esteem has meanly revenged itself by reviling the whole sex.
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Infamously as we now know him to have acted, the man was not a downright fiend.
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